Concert Reviews – Page 18 – Seen and Heard International

There for the Tubin, but the sheer brilliance throughout by the young RCM players left me hungry for more

26/01/2025 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Respighi, Tubin, Falla, Ravel: Will Dearden (double bass), RCM Symphony Orchestra / Vasily Petrenko (conductor). Royal College of Music, London, 23.1.2025. (CC)

Will Dearden plays Eduard Tubin’s Double Bass Concerto © RCM

An almost Italian evening with Riccardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony at Carnegie Hall

25/01/202524/01/2025 by Edward Sava-Segal

United States Bellini, Verdi, Tchaikovsky: Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Riccardo Muti (conductor). Carnegie Hall, New York, 21.1.2025. (ES-S)

Riccardo Muti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall © Todd Rosenberg

Stunning recital by Lisette Oropesa in Hamburg

27/01/202524/01/2025 by Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe

Germany THE ART OF Lisette Oropesa: Lisette Oropesa, (soprano), Alessandro Praticò (piano). Staatsoper Hamburg, 18.1.2025. (DM-D)

Alisa Weilerstein brings to Carnegie Hall the FRAGMENTS 2 experience

24/01/2025 by Rick Perdian

United States FRAGMENTS 2: Alisa Weilerstein (project creator & cello). Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York, 21.1.2025. (RP)

Two cleverly connected programmes across the centuries and a tour-de-force by the Juilliard String Quartet

24/01/2025 by Christopher Sallon

United Kingdom Schubert, Beethoven and Widmann: Juilliard String Quartet – Areta Zhulla (violin), Ronald Copes (violin), Molly Carr (viola) Astrid Schween (cello). Wigmore Hall, London. 19.1.2025 and 20.1.2025 (CSa)

A beguiling Viennese programme from Mark Wigglesworth and the Bournemouth Symphony

23/01/2025 by Chris Kettle

United Kingdom Johann Strauss II, Berg, Brahms: Alena Baeva (violin), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Mark Wigglesworth (conductor). Lighthouse, Poole, 22.1.2025. (CK)

Mark Wigglesworth conducts violinist Alena Baeva and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in rehearsal © BSO

Bold programming and brilliant playing at the Romsey Chamber Music WinterFest

23/01/2025 by Chris Kettle

United Kingdom Romsey Chamber Music Festival – WinterFest 2025: Laura Rickard (violin), Rainer Crosett (cello), Tomoki Park (piano). United Reformed Church, Romsey, 17-19.1.2025. (CK)

Bryn Terfel conducts his first masterclass in Carnegie Hall’s SongStudio reboot

23/01/2025 by Rick Perdian

United States SongStudio 2025: Various, Anthony Roth Costanzo (Creative Advisor), Renée Fleming (soprano), Sir Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Hartmut Höll (piano). Carnegie Hall, New York, 13-19.1.2025. (RP)